Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
· Nov 27
Greetings, new people here at House of Copyediting. Besides first-rate, IISSM, prose advice, you'll get:
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
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This thread is the best refutation of social-media doomerism that I have seen.
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This thread is the best refutation of social-media doomerism that I have seen.
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Decent people resist Gestapo.
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Decent people resist Gestapo.
On the one hand, this story is several degrees beyond bizarre.
Welfare Scandal Mastermind Sought to Woo DiBiase Brothers as He Directed Millions to Wrestlers
The odd relationship between the mastermind of the Mississippi welfare scandal and two ex-wrestlers was on display in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s trial.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
On the one hand, this story is several degrees beyond bizarre.
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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Imagine you go into school and the principal says "the boys are making racy images of your daughter" and when you see it, it's just straight up porn. I would be pretty mad at the principal for lying and being disgusting so what the fuck are you awful people doing
January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Imagine you go into school and the principal says "the boys are making racy images of your daughter" and when you see it, it's just straight up porn. I would be pretty mad at the principal for lying and being disgusting so what the fuck are you awful people doing
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Speaking of which, I'm still trying to figure out why the title doesn't have some sort of cold/ice thing going on in it, but maybe I'm just slow.
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Speaking of which, I'm still trying to figure out why the title doesn't have some sort of cold/ice thing going on in it, but maybe I'm just slow.
This was the best work I did yesterday, and I'd be sad if you missed it.
January 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This was the best work I did yesterday, and I'd be sad if you missed it.
today's not random theater photo:
birthday boy Sal Mineo (❤️) and Gretchen Walther in rehearsal for Something About a Soldier (1962)
birthday boy Sal Mineo (❤️) and Gretchen Walther in rehearsal for Something About a Soldier (1962)
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
today's not random theater photo:
birthday boy Sal Mineo (❤️) and Gretchen Walther in rehearsal for Something About a Soldier (1962)
birthday boy Sal Mineo (❤️) and Gretchen Walther in rehearsal for Something About a Soldier (1962)
Happy Francis X. Bushman's birthday!
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Happy Francis X. Bushman's birthday!
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All I want for this app is for it to eventually become possible to open the TL on a Friday night right before bed and just happen to catch Elizabeth Holmes (I thought she was in prison?) telling Bryan Johnson to castrate himself
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 AM
All I want for this app is for it to eventually become possible to open the TL on a Friday night right before bed and just happen to catch Elizabeth Holmes (I thought she was in prison?) telling Bryan Johnson to castrate himself
I haven’t received a scam “we’ll market your book” call in a few years, and to be honest I’m kind of offended.
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
I haven’t received a scam “we’ll market your book” call in a few years, and to be honest I’m kind of offended.
Th-, as they say, -is.
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Th-, as they say, -is.
Did I block the person who corrected AOC's grammar?
Yes.
Did I block the person who called that person a grammar Nazi?
Also yes.
Yes.
Did I block the person who called that person a grammar Nazi?
Also yes.
January 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Did I block the person who corrected AOC's grammar?
Yes.
Did I block the person who called that person a grammar Nazi?
Also yes.
Yes.
Did I block the person who called that person a grammar Nazi?
Also yes.
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On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
Mark my words, Melania's opening is going to be a disaster.
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Mark my words, Melania's opening is going to be a disaster.
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You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
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New York City is the cultural capital of the world and art shouldn’t be a luxury only some of us can afford. I’m grateful for Under the Radar Theater Festival’s generosity and partnership towards that vision as they announce 1,500 free tickets for New Yorkers.
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Dude’s a Muppet.
January 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Dude’s a Muppet.
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I’m sorry the decorum argument was dead ten fucking years ago when the entire republican party hitched themselves to mister “grab them by the pussy”
come on
come on
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I’m sorry the decorum argument was dead ten fucking years ago when the entire republican party hitched themselves to mister “grab them by the pussy”
come on
come on
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oh well if you put it that way
REPORTER: The Capital Planning Commission is concerned the 89,000 square foot ballroom is going to dwarf the rest of the rest of the WH. Do you worry about that?
TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.
TRUMP: No no. People love the ballroom. We need it. If we would've had the ballroom today, we could've had all the oil companies there.
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
oh well if you put it that way
The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center.
🤭
🤭
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center.
🤭
🤭
a for effort, I guess
January 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
a for effort, I guess
"Ten years into their relationship, Ilya is tired of Shane keeping it a secret."
WHAT
WHAT
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"Ten years into their relationship, Ilya is tired of Shane keeping it a secret."
WHAT
WHAT
Farewell to John Cunningham.
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Farewell to John Cunningham.